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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...then sicken and die, of people who hesitate to rescue others for fear of being responsible for the lives they save. The conclusion of each sweetly-sad story is usually damp with tears: Thjodolf ends with its heroine reeling to her bed, where "the weeping came, bitter and burning"; Simonsen ends with its hero on a train speeding away from his loved ones forever: "He wiped his eyes. There must be One Above who decided these things. That must be his consolation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: North to South | 6/1/1959 | See Source »

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